Oldenlandia capensis, Karamyschewia hedyotoides,
Theyodis octodon, Oldenlandia hedyotoides, Madder,
Hebrew: אולדנית הכף

Scientific name:		Oldenlandia capensis L.f.
Synonym name:		Karamyschewia hedyotoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. , Theyodis octodon A.Rich., Oldenlandia hedyotoides (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss.
Common name:		Madder
Hebrew name:		אולדנית הכף
Family:		Rubiaceae, פואתיים

Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool

Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		8-22cm tall; stems branche, glabrescent or with miutely setulose ribs
Leaves:		Opposite, entire, smooth margin
Inflorescence:		Sometimes solitary at the nodes or few in subsessile axillary fascicles
Flowers:		Corolla white, deep lilac, dull reddish, pink or lilac; tube 0.6–0.9 mm. long, cylindrical; lobes 4, 0.5–0.6 mm. long. Anthers included. Style 0.2 mm. long, glabrous; stigma lobes 0.2 mm. long, adjacent to the anthers
Fruits / pods:		Capsule 1.75–2 mm. long and white, obconic, glabrous or shortly pubescent, the beak straight, slightly raised, 0.3–0.4 mm. tall. Seeds brown, 0.3 mm. long, ellipsoid-angular or ± cone-shaped with flat base
Flowering Period:		August, September
Habitat:		Humid habitats
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Tropical
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool Derivation of the botanical name: Oldenlandia, after the Danish botanist Henrik Bernard Oldenland (c.1663-1699), physician, naturalist, plant collector at the Cape of the Good Hope and Curator-Superintendent of the Botanical Garden of the Dutch East Indian Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch). capensis, "of the Cape". Karamyschewia, named for Alexander von Karamyschew (1744 - 1791), Russian botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus. hedyotoides, Greek hedys, sweet, - might be referring to the sweet-scented flowers; ot -referring to an ear; -oides -οειδεϛ , adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble. octodon, octo, eight; eight-toothed. The Hebrew name: אולדנית, Oldanit, translation and transliteration from the scientific name. The standard author abbreviation L.f. is used to indicate Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (1741 – 1783), a Swedish naturalist. He is known as Linnaeus filius, to distinguish him from his famous father, the systematist Carolus Linnaeus. The standard author abbreviation Fisch. is used to indicate Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782 – 1854), a Russian botanist, born in Germany. The standard author abbreviation C.A.Mey. is used to indicate Carl Anton von Meyer (1795 – 1855), a Russian botanist and explorer. The standard author abbreviation A.Rich. is used to indicate Achille Richard (1794 – 1852), a French botanist and physician. The standard author abbreviation ) Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool